Happy Hour News Briefs

Eiron, the Goddess of Irony, laughed so hard she farted: Fact-free Todd Starnes, the guy who told us that rainbow colored Doritos is gonna make kids gay, is now complaining about fake news:

“President Trump is getting quite a bit of blow back for saying the fake news media is the enemy of the American people. And most of the blow back is coming from the fake news media.

“The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” he tweeted.

“…The fact of the matter is the Mainstream Media truly is the enemy of We The People — they hold us in contempt — treating us like we’re a bunch of backwater bigots. I illustrate that point extensively in my new book, The Deplorables’ Guide to Making America Great Again.

I bet you do, Toddie.

Grifters Gotta Grift: notice how subtly Starnes works a plug for his lates book into his column? That’s art. That is a master at the peak of his mid-season form.

“…To be honest, though, I have a problem with the term “fake news.” I believe we ought to call it what it really is — lying.”

might be funny if not for the fact he goes full-tilt about ‘fake news’ while probably making a decent amount by appearing on the epitome of ‘fake news’ and then has to include the traditional plug to ‘buy my book’. how long before the divine(ly ignorant) ms sarah pops up to hawk some ‘literary gem’. since she didn’t (apparently) get the canada gig, she must be reaching the point where she needs the bucks….and the attention. it’s so hard to truly remain relevant these days with so many media whores vying for attention, especially for sarah. she was the original expert at incoherent press junkets. she has to be feeling left out but i’m sure she and christie can get together for a commiseration over a burger (or several) and a beer.